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AMD logo Radeon R9 280X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 560

AMD Radeon R9 280X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 logo
General information Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 560
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 1024 MB 66.7 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 810 MHz 19 %
Effective Clock 6400 MHz 0 % 4488 MHz 29.9 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 W 0 % 150 W 40 %
Length 310 mm 0 % 248 mm 20 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 560
Overall Score 38469 0 % 26591 30.9 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14798 0 % 7071 52.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 728.5 0 % 428.7 41.2 %
Average DirectX performance 47.9 FPS 0 % 25.7 FPS 46.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 94.8 FPS 0 % 58.5 FPS 38.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 31.7 FPS 0 % 12 FPS 62.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 35.3 FPS 0 % 22.2 FPS 37.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 30 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 66.4 %
Graphic card computing 2883 operations/s 0 % 1022.1 operations/s 64.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GTX 560.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.5 FPS 51.6 FPS
High settings 148.5 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 178.2 FPS 111.4 FPS
Low settings 249.5 FPS 155.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 280X, GeForce GTX 560.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 280X GeForce GTX 560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.7 FPS 43.4 FPS
High settings 114.7 FPS 78.1 FPS
Medium settings 137.7 FPS 93.8 FPS
Low settings 192.7 FPS 131.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.9 %
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